San Francisco Longshoreman's strike spreads, becomes four-day general strike - 1934

Southern Tenant Farmers' Union organized in Tyronza, Ark. - 1934

Battle of Rincon Hill, San Francisco, in longshore strike. 5,000 strikers fought 1,000 police, scabs and national guardsmen. Two strikers were killed, 109 people injured. The incident led to a General Strike - 1934

An Executive Order signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt establishes the National Labor Relations Board. A predecessor organization, the National Labor Board, established by the Depression-era National Industrial Recovery Act in 1933, was struck down by the Supreme Court - 1934

A pioneering sit-down strike is conducted by workers at a General Tire Co. factory in Akron, Ohio. The United Rubber Workers union was founded a year later. The tactic launched a wave of similar efforts in the auto and other industries over the next several years – 1934

Ten thousand strikers at Toledo, Ohio’s Auto-Lite plant repel police who have come to break up their strike for union recognition. The next day, two strikers are killed and 15 wounded when National Guard machine gun units open fire. Two weeks later the company recognized the union and agreed to a 5 percent raise - 1934

Minneapolis general strike backs Teamsters, who are striking most of the city’s trucking companies - 1934

West Coast Longshore Strike Casualties John Knudsen, Richard Parker Killed, LA - 1934

Longshoremen’s strike to gain control of hiring leads to general work stoppage, San Francisco Bay area - 1934

John J. Sweeney, president of the Service Employees Intl. Union from 1980 to 1995, then president of the AFL-CIO from 1995 to 2009, born in The Bronx, N.Y. - 1934

Transport Workers Union founded – 1934

The Toledo Electric Auto-Lite Strike Begins ("The Battle of Toledo") - 1934